Yup... everyone does it. A buddy of mine did it with a kayak and poked a hole in his garage wall.

Wow, out of the garage??? That is truly classic.

I actually put my bike stand in front of my garage door and put a little peice of paper like that in my car. A couple years back, i drove my QR caliente right into the garage. I don't think I have ever been that frustrated in my entire life!

Wow, I never realized that this was such a common problem!

I recently discovered that its not even difficult to fit my bike in the back of my Civic, which is a relatively small car. In fact, I've just been keeping it in the back so I can ride whenever I want, including if I'm away from home. Obviously this isn't an option if you frequently drive other people or have a Smart Car or something, but it has worked so well for me that I wonder why I ever bothered with a rack in the first place!

So I have a sad story and a sad picture. Last year I was going for one of my last training rides for the local olympic triathlon in my area. My son was two months old. I had just bought a new kuota k-factor from an insurance settlement. The insurance settlement was from getting t-boned by a car on my old trek road bike two months earlier. The reason I mention my son is this: My normal routine 1. Back car out of garage, check 2. Load bike on roof rack, check 3. Put garage door opener in glove box and shut garage, partial check (i forgot to shut the garage) 4. Load son, dog, other equipment, check. So my wife realizes she forgot her purse so she runs in the house through the garage (see #3). As I was waiting in my subaru hatchback with no window tint I realize the july sun is roasting my two month old son's face. So I decide to get him in the shade by driving into the garage! You can see where this is going. Lets just say my son heard his first **$%%#%! come out of his fathers mouth. He also did not reach the shade that I was hoping for. Below are the sad pictures and memories of a two totaled bikes in a three month stretch. This hurt much more than getting t-boned by the car.

Holy cow! I'd be depressed if I did this type of thing to my 17 year old bike, I couldn't imagine what my reaction would be if I did it to a Cervelo, Felt....and so on. Ouch.